Bartolomeo Flores

Bartolomeo Flores was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Biography
Bartolomeo Flores was born in Spain, and he became a cardinal of the Catholic Church under Pope Alexander VI. In 1498, he accused the Pope's secretary Francesc Gacet of attempting to sodomize him, claiming that Gacet told him that he reminded him of "Donatello's David" before touching his genitalia. While neither the Pope nor Gacet believed Flores, Gacet told the Pope that he should be imprisoned, or else popular opinion would turn against the Pope. Gacet was imprisoned at Terra Nuova for "sodomy", but the Pope met with Flores and offered him the title of "Archbishop of Credenza" and the position of Papal secretary if he recanted his testimony. Flores testified that he was drunk that night, clouding his ability to identify the molester; he was later pressured into saying that he had imagined that he was sodomized due to not feeling well, and the Pope claimed that either he was sodomized, dreamt of sodomy, or made a false accusation. Flores then went on to say that he had made a false accusation, and Pope Alexander told him that he would replace Gacet, but instead in his prison cell. He was given a Bible and was fed only bread and water every other day until he died in prison.